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SUMMARY:Apples\, Milk\, and Honey: the Blessing and the Curse
DESCRIPTION:Jewish Federation of the Berkshires\nBerkshire Jewish Community
  Calendar\nhttps://jewishberkshires.org/jewish-federation-of-the-berkshire
 s-calendar/rosh-hashanah-apples-milk-and-honey\n\nWhy are apples significa
 nt in Jewish tradition?  This presentation by TorahFlora botanist\, autho
 r and teacher Jon Greenberg\, PhD will explore the custom of apples and ho
 ney on Rosh HaShanah\, but also other meanings of apples (in Shir HaShirim
  and Midrashim of the Exodus)\, honey (used in mummification)\, and milk. 
 It turns out\, for example\, that the Torah clearly regards a "land drippi
 ng with milk and honey" as something positive\, but to Isaiah\, it represe
 nts ruin and the devastation of war. Th...
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